Sunday, December 23, 2007

Hey..Is this thing on?

Welcome.

You have come to a place that i hope becomes very inspirational for you.i have lots of fun things in store for us,and i hope to learn just as much from you as you do from me.

I came up with the idea for Overlooked when I was thinking about those everday things that we use, touch, or do everyday. They are so obvious that you don't even think twice about them, much less take a picture of them and scrapbook them. They deserve a page protector too!

I also am intrigued by how fast things change. How when you take a slice of life, and look back at it, things can be so very different. Like Ferris Bueller says: Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. I want to preserve those things. They reflect who I was, what I was doing, what was going on during that particular time in my life.

So to start our journey...this is how it goes.

On January 7th, I will post Subject One.You will have a week to SNAP a picture of Subject One, and post it here.

On January 14th, I will post the journaling ideas, prompts, suggestions for you to JOT down regarding Subject One.

On January 21st, I would love to see the layouts created from the combination of your picture and your writing.

Throughout the month, I will have different inspirational things happening. Whether its a picture, a song, an idea, a recipe, a joke. So always feel free to give the blog a click and see if anything is going on or anything new is here.

I chose to make this an every three week challenge broken into an every week item. There are so many amazing challenges going on, not to mention children, husbands, wives, jobs, laundry, cooking, excercising, email, dishes, and PTA.

There are no winners, no losers here at Overlooked. I will however of course play games and give out goodies from time to time to keep it fun and to keep you on your toes. But I WILL NOT be picking favorites. I don't have the heart to do that, and I know how it feels to work hard and feel inadequate. So I will take no part in it!

Call me Stuart Smalley, but we are all good enough, smart enough, and creative enough.

So leave me a note and say Hi, and let me know that you are excited and interested and eager to get your "overlooked" on.....

Dude, you're awesome. I am so excited especially since my scrapping desire and creativity have been at all time lows for months upon months. I love your assignments and 3-week schedule and can't wait to follow along. For reals. xo

{raising hand} I have a question about the part where you wrote about 'we all have things- not to mention husbands, kids, wives, laundry, exercise, PTA'...I guess my question is, have I been out of the loop? Cause I don't recall the last time I actually "exercised". Now I'm feeling all frumpy!!You know I'm kidding, aw.It's cause I love you to bits. And this place is already making me happy and excited and I do the same thing as you! I look at pictures of mine and squint to see stuff in the backgrounds. I do it to other peoples' pics too. I try to see what your house looks like and what kind of ketchup you use.Love this blog and your ideas so much.And I am so with you on life. I've been trying to live 'intentionally' for a few years now. It makes a big difference in how I 'see the small stuff'.Merry Christmas eve. =)

Oh yeah.One more thing.That part about the "no posers"...I personally think you should invite posers here.This is what they need.=)Change and a new way of seeing things.And then they won't be posers anymore!

Sweet...can't wait to get started, and I promise to fight the urge to "clean-it-up" for the camera! I'm dragging my daughter along for the ride..she'll have major changes this year (collegebound in fall'08) and it will be cool to see it documented. ThAnX!!!!Edie...and, hopefully, Kelsey

what a fantastic idea, hopefully focussing on one thing will help me to embracemy life and the little things....we all try to do too much all at once everyday and it is so tiring,,,im hoping this will suit me to a T...bring it on, i have you bloglined and cant wait!!

This sounds super fun! I can't wait to try it! I like the fact that you aren't picking favorites. I'm with you on that. How do you decide what's "best" when it comes to art and creativity? Thanks for starting this blog!

hi ashley, this is really neat~count me in! my photo is up now. I love your multi-dimensional and phased approach and that we have loads of time to complete projects. i just started a similar project on my own blog (photos only though)...great minds think alike ;) thanks & i look forward to connecting & sharing with you and the group. kelley

The Way It Works

Part I*Snap It.Take a picture of assigned object and share it ASAP. Call me nosey, call me impatient...but as soon as you see the assigned subject...I want that picture taken and I want it uploaded into the gallery! That was a driving force of inspiration to me when wanting to start this challenge. I can't wait to see all these photos bunched together. Women/Men from all walks of life, women/men with different tastes and preferences, but the same object.

Even if you have no desire to create the scrapbook page, or write anything down. Take the picture and share it!

No posers allowed.This means you don't get to organize, clean, or straighten up any of the assigned subjects. You don't get to go out and buy a better, newer, shinier one. You don't get to add or take away. You have to be true to yourself and the camera by snapping things as they are. It reflects you, your personality and a time in your life. When you look back you will know if thats really how your sock dwarer looked all the time.

Part II*Jot It. Get that pencil, pen, crayon, or keyboard ready and write down some thoughts with the journaling prompts provided. I will have extra credit options that will let you go further than just the inital journaling ideas. Its totally up to you if you want to be a teachers pet. :o)

Part III*Make It. Make a scrapbook page or a journal entry using the combination of the picture you snapped, and the journaling you jotted.

Share It. Share it with me. Share it with us. Let us be inspired. There is no other you. There is no other page like yours, diversity is beautiful, originality is respected. We all have a place in this crazy world.

The Creator of this spot...

Ashley Wren is someone who has always kept a journal.
Who is amazed at how much she has forgotten when she goes back and reads past entries.
Who loves to connect with people
Who loves and needs to be inspired.
Who loves looking in the background of pictures to remember the little details that weren't intentionally supposed to be captured.
Who loves to laugh
Who is loyal excited to start this little journey with all of you.
My spot in cyberspace is: www.sandlian.blogspot.com
(if you have any desire to know anything more about me.)